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Honoring Freedom • Supplement to Sunday Gazette-Mail • June 30, 2013
Forbidden music
World War II POW Gerhard Boeneke plays the
Mendelssohn "Violin Concerto" in Cherbourg,
France, during World War
II. Music by Mendelssohn,
who was Jewish, was forbidden by Nazi Germany in
1945, said John Lambros,
of Charleston, who submitted the photo.
"During the Battle of the
Bulge in World War II,"
wrote Lambros, an Army
Medical Corps corporal
with the 168th and 166th
General Hospitals, "my
unit, 168th General Hospital, was turned into a Prisoner of War hospital
attending wounded German
soldiers." Boeneke, a pro-
fessional musician and
organist at St. Thomas
Church in Liepsig, pianist
and conductor, was
assigned to Lambros'
chapel. "Boeneke was
pleased to perform the concerto," Lambros wrote.
Lambros is also Concertmaster Emeritus with the
West Virginia Symphony
Orchestra.
Marine Sgt. Sally Chandler,
daughter of Jeff and Jami
Chandler, served in Ramadi,
Iraq.
Ray Edward Richard was an
Army air frame mechanic in
Vietnam.
Madelaine Korsley served with
the Air Force 130th Air Guard.
Lloyd Burgess served in
Korea with the Army. This
photo was taken in 1966 in
Fort Carson, Colo.
Rudolph Irving served for 32
years with the Navy and as
an ROTC instructor.
Army Sgt. Richard Thomason
Dustin R. Hamrick served as
a Navy chaplain.
Army Sgt. Joe Samples is a veteran of
Iraq and is still serving his country.
Dennis A. Taylor (1931-2008) served
in the Army during World War II. His
brother, Dallas Taylor, was a Marine
in World War II.
Navy 3rd Class Petty Officer
Paul Fox served on the USS
Bennington.
William Mason Lucas served
in the Marines in World War II.
Charlie Miller served with
the
87th
Infantry
in
Rhineland, Germany. He
received the Purple Heart
and the Bronze Star.
Kenneth H. Samples, of
South Charleston, served in
the Army with the Nike-Hercules Missiles 55th Artillery
Group from 1963 to 1969.
David Bond is a first lieutenant
with the South Charleston
High School Junior ROTC.
Robert C. Knightstep, of
Dunbar, served in the Navy
during World War II.
Bryan L. Willard served with
the Army during Operation
Iraqi Freedom.
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